The Ex Working Girl Presents: The Guys Guide

By workinggirl on May 15, 2006 in Ask the Working Girl, Girlfriend!

This week the Ex-Working Girl stereotypes different types of boys. If we missed your type, note it and we’ll think of something just for you!

Brazilian Studs - A bit too skinny for my taste, but oh boy, can they dance. And yes, the accent does not hurt. If you find yourself dealing with a true native Brazilian, don’t be offended if they are not as quick to buy you a drink like over in the States. One, it’s a cultural thing because in South America it’s not so much about the “singles scene” where it’s girl-meets-boy-at-bar. Most of the girls at clubs are there with their boyfriends. Second point — the drinks are so freakin’ cheap down there that it’s not even that big of a deal for a guy to buy you a drink. Overall, I am a big fan of Brazilian guys.
Euros - I’ve dated guys from England, Germany and Spain. Here’s one piece of advice for the American girls who want to settle down — find yourself a piece of Euroass.

Every single European guy that I have dated wanted to “define the relationship” by the third date (which I was not a fan of). What I did love about them was their enthusiasm for all the fun things this city had to offer (mainly the nightlife). A pleasant bonus was the fact that it’s easier to get them into a club than American guys. Doormen at trendy clubs can spot Euros even before they hear their accents, and for some reason they find them more acceptable than our native boys. Probably because they look more ambiguously gay.

Finance/I-Banking Guys - Ah, what can I say about my counterparts. It’s definitely a love-hate relationship. These guys are driven and successful, which can be great because that also means that when they have time to play, funds are not an issue and they love the finer things in life (thus their love of beautiful women). However, that’s just it — “when they have time to play”. They often don’t. And because of their jobs they are often stressed out. Even after they get off work, it takes a while for them to decompress. But if you’re the kind of a girl who likes a challenge (like me) then I think you can appreciate these guys. If nothing else, they make a great fling.

Artsy Types/LES Dwellers/Techies - You might be wondering why I have grouped three seemingly disparate guy types together. I did so because in my experience guys who are by trade or hobby involved in the arts, either live or mostly hang out in the LES, OR are in IT, tend to be laid back and against high-maintenance girls. Did you get that? As an example, I once dated this guy who was both artsy and LES because he enticed me with dinners at Nobu and nights out in the MPD. He eventually resorted back to his true self when he took me to Brooklyn via SUBWAY(!!!) to see a band playing in a pub! AND — it’s not over yet — afterwards took me back to his friend’s place in the LES where a bunch of liberals sat around trashing Republicans (i.e., people like me.) Suffice to say I dumped him soon thereafter. The lesson that I learned from this guy is that girls aren’t the only ones who put on a show to attract guys.

Trust Fund Boys - For those of you who have read my earlier blurbs on this site, you might have sensed that I am a capitalist. That’s right — I love money, and I love the free markets. Anyone who says that money can’t buy happiness didn’t try hard enough. One caveat, though — money is not the ONLY thing that you need to be happy, but it sure helps. So you would think that I would love trust fund boys, because they have plenty of it. I don’t. I would say I’m repelled by them, but I think it’s more that I feel sorry for them. They lack a little something which I chalk up to lack of gusto for life. I’m guessing this lack comes from being spoiled and constantly “yes sire-ed.” They seem so purposeless, but instead of having the passion and drive to find something worthwhile to do with their lives, they only fill their hours with fleeting entertainment (like going out every night). So how is that different from the i-banking guys that i adore? Well, i-banking guys love going out every night they can, but their days are not spent in idleness.

So I guess my conclusion is that no matter in what form boys come (;)), passion always outweighs pedigree. Now if they have both, that would be dandy.

P.S. Don’t feel sorry for that artsy/LES guy I dumped. He found an artsy/LES girl and they are dating happily ever after.

Did we miss your type? Submit your request below, or to workinggirl at bankersball dot com.

20 Comment(s)

On May 25, 2006, wendy said:

How about those guys that were once nerds but now successful because they have worked so hard! Like lawyers or doctors. spending years in school and finally got out and realized that there is such a bigger world out there!!
On Jun 2, 2006, sis said:

in response to “The Ex Working Girl Presents: The Guys Guide”

poor girl…. you should definitely stick to a I-bankers, who thinks (like you) that a $100 min dinner is cool. It would not be worth bringing you to the hippest hangout (even in Brooklyn).
On Jun 2, 2006, ex-working girl said:

Dear Wendy,

Guys who were once nerds (aka losers) but now are successful (valuable) are much like girls who were fat or ugly when they were in high school but after losing some weight and learning how to dress find themselves much more in demand in the current dating market. They can go one of two way (both gals and chaps). They (in their more presentable selves) become very understanding and sympathetic to the less desirables, in the worldly sense, (aka bill gates and his choice in wife) or they go the other extreme and they only want what they could not get in high school (the trophy wify for the ‘nerds’ and the ‘tall, dark and handsone’ for the wallflower girlies). From what I can gather, the drastic transformation from nerd to ‘marketable bloke’ seldom results in a normal situation. But if you can find a bill gates among them, god bless you!
On Jun 2, 2006, ex-working girl said:

Dear Sis,

Hmmm, I think if you read all of my ‘blurbs’ on this website you would know that my standards go beyond just money and status. No matter. You are entitled to your opinion. And honey, btw, the dinners I referred to in my article above were min 1k (clearly you have never been to nobu, but perhaps in about five years they will open one in brooklyn). good luck.
On Jun 28, 2006, Monica said:

How about the OLDER Guy or the Younger Guy? Got any insight on them? The other ones that you describe are pretty much on par…you are a very good writer!!!
On Jul 24, 2006, m33f said:

Just curious, seeing as this site is all about bankers… what’s your opinions of traders?
On Jan 17, 2007, d said:

So basically, Anyone that isn’t ambiguously gay (or who can afford to pull that look off well enough to pick up women), foreign (with a desirable accent), or anyone else that hasn’t spent the first 30 years of their lives slaving in a cubicle for your overpriced overrated asian fusion in Tribeca or 57th or ‘next door’… (are you paid by Myriad for slurping their balls this much? Beause giving it away is not a virtue to these Bankers you know…) is just not even worthy of a mention in a city with tens of millions of people living in a 10-mile radius? Spreading your legs really pays well in this city’s all five boroughs, not just in the penthouses surrounding Central park. Men with the ‘Passion’ to massage you internally and then go rot away in a cubicle just so you’ll spread open again the following evening sound really attractive I’m sure but It’s facinating that you consider such ‘passionate’ men a challenge. Are Rich, lonley, repressed white men who spend far too much time kissing satan’s asshole for a living (and oh they are so dedictated to their profession) really that hard to pick up? It seems that a proper thrift store dress and a lack of hymen would be enough for me (and god help you if you still have that hymen) Really though, what’s your next challenge? Trying to lay a prep school boy? (Talk about a hard thing to do!) If you really love spending-I’m sorry its not your money right?- If you really like going out (spreading open) for 25 dollars worth of sushi that should have cost $4.50 (at the most), just remember that you are what you eat: An overpriced plate of fish, left on a table by a man who will never remember your name.
On Jan 17, 2007, Ex Working Girl said:

Dear d,

I’m confused…when did I say that I have 25 dollars worth of sushi on my dates? The dinners I usually have exceed that amount by many folds. And the particular tab for the dinner I referred to in my article above was about 1k. This tab isn’t unusual when you order some great sake. You have obviously never been to nobu or places of its equivalence because if you have you wouldn’t have quoted the price you did above (unless you’re used to going there for lunch during something cheesy like restaurant week). I don’t mind you being critical of me because you are entitled to your opinion, but let’s get the facts straight.

In any case, you sound bitter and because of that I feel for you. Life is too short to spend it being bitter don’t you think? Good luck.
On Jan 17, 2007, d said:

On the Menu for Nobu
a sushi dinner (i know such a cheesy flake on your a la carte tounge) costs 28 dollars.
So to set the facts straight its about 20 dollars too much
its a two star restaurant, at five star prices -we’ll thank your upper east side style asses for keeping it going- you’re almost as bad as the tourists that keep tavern on the green rolling in cash- and the sooner you realize its hype the sooner you can find a good reastaurant that serves good food. Try ‘The Grocery’ - in -gasp- Brooklyn. Now i know how you feel about finding reality with your everyday life (check under you’re boot) but the truth is NOBU has been reduced tourist trap. As cool as those cool people you hang out with would like to make a Japanese restaruant that’s past its prime seem like the hip spot for the power set (Because you’re hanging out there it must be great right?) the truth is its been reduced to a tourist trap. Robert DeNiro probably dosn’t even show up there any more. And I think i know why, Tourists, and your friends keep reserving tables for their underproportioned absurd plates, from menus that read like a catalog. Why don’t you just stick to lude acts at the booths of Del Frisco’s. Or better, privately rent out the Rainbow Room for months at a time. That way when you are slobbering over your dates genetailia (close to that wallet of his ain’t it?) no poor Joe from BumbleSplat has to watch as you dehumanize your gender for a bottle of sake. Good Luck!
On Jan 17, 2007, Ex Working Girl said:

Actually DeNiro does still frequent Nobu. I have dined next to him.

Well, it seems like you resent my lifestyle based on a lot of assumptions. I guess you’re assuming that I’m a poor, cheap, slut who is only using rich guys to get free dinners. I guess you will have to take my word for it but I am definitely not poor or cheap. And I am definitely not a slut by New York standards. I very much enjoy making out but it takes a lot for me to go all the way with a guy. Actually sometimes I wish that I was less reserved.

So why do I enjoy expensive dinners on guys? Well the guys I date know that I can easily afford to pick up the tab, but I am an old fashioned girl at heart and the guys I attract seem to be of the same school of thought that guys should generally pay on dates, open doors for ladies, etc.

So if your angst towards me is that I enjoy Nobu, then I guess I’ll have to live with that.

Although its clear that you dislike me without even knowing me, I am enjoying our banter in a sick way. So please continue to visit our website and contribute your comments. Thank you.
On Jan 27, 2007, EL said:

You sound pretty pathetic, provincial, inexperienced and naive. I bet you’re from the midwest somewhere or Florida. Also not terribly impressed by your desciptions of guy types or any of the locales you metnion here. A $1k dinner date is pretty pathetic and not something to be proud of. What a turn off. Any guy who spends that kind of cash on dates is lacking in some fashion: education, looks, most likely in the basement. Sounds pretty lame to me!
On Feb 6, 2007, d said:

OK
It’s Not NOBU (just your faux-innocent excuse to bring up that overpriced palace of mediocrity up every time you can, for real get off their junk).
And let’s just get this out of the way
I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WERE POOR!
maybe dumb
a slut
an unauthentic slave to satan’s asshole SURE
but certainly not POOR
OK EVERYONE? SHE ISN’T POOR! GET IT RIGHT!
in case the ‘column’ on the investment banking webpage wasn’t evidence enough now everyone knows.
and that’s what it’s about right?
Don’t you dare start harping on me for making assumptions on your ass when you start claiming that those that dwell on the lower east side (NOT where i reside by the way) arn’t worth dating for merely the reason that they …live on the lower east side.

FLAT OUT
you are a whore
not a prostitute (don’t get confused ok prostitutes have integrity… one gets what one pays for most of the time)
But you are worse
You have no integrity.
You believe that anything is the best merely because it says so in a magazine or some other god forsaken reason like it’s price tag.
To be a New Yorker and say that the only way to live it up is to overpay for sushi is like saying that the best part of sex is when you pee afterwards.
It’s an indulgence you ass!

Your lack of class is only magnified by your excess of equity. If you are going to pull off the women in the modern workplace of investment banking. You might want to make sure you appeal to investment bankers. I mean i know after a few highballs all the greybeards are oozing to get into your pants. But that does not make you an old fashioned girl (or maybe it does actually!) Old fashioned like before you had the right to vote maybe?

Why don’t you just stick to your plate of raw fish and your corporate cocks, and leave commenting on the real world to people who live there. Just remember at 75 when you die of exhaustion after wasting your life trying to convince yourself that happiness is in the bank, the smell that it leaves will probably bring more happines into the world than you did your whole life. At least someone has to clean up your smell. (Probably someone with a family or love in their lives instead of just money, and they will be happy to earn such money).

I agree with you though, there probably are certain meals worth a thousand dollars
but you
(now im not trying to make a general comment about you- THE PERSON I DON’T KNOW)
but you don’ t sound like you’re worth the tip to the guy who takes your jacket.

by the way
i don’t have angst towards you
it would be impossible
im sure you meant aggrivation or anger
but to have angst towards your attitude would be a suicide worthy offense.
I will never fear or dread your shallow ass.
I’m sure a thousand dollars could get you a really nice dictionary.

You should just quit and go back to pushing paper’s for satan’s minions. At least they wouldn’t know angst from their elbow. (no matter how much it costs a la carte)
LAME!
On Feb 12, 2007, Jamie said:

Best written piece. Ever.
On Mar 4, 2007, mieoux said:

Um, why is d having a fit? She/he is spewing vitriol without any substantiating facts. The ability to call someone names does not make one either smart or right.
On Mar 6, 2007, d said:

If Mieoux is complaining about a lack of facts and name calling on the internet, I will skip the obvious ‘duh’ that the comment might deserve and just say that i feel my response was sophomoric, crude, and a complete waste of time; just like the ex-working girl’s column.
On Mar 10, 2007, EL said:

d, let me just say, you’re funny!
On Apr 26, 2007, benjy said:

D is a financier’s parody of a resentful non-finance person, right? Something this good has got to be satire. I fell out of my chair laughing though.

“Why don’t you just stick to your plate of raw fish and your corporate cocks, and leave commenting on the real world to people who live there.”

“I mean i know after a few highballs all the greybeards are oozing to get into your pants. But that does not make you an old fashioned girl (or maybe it does actually!) Old fashioned like before you had the right to vote maybe?”

Gems.
On May 2, 2007, meandjoemoomoo said:

how about you and me go on a date. eat some chicken. have some sex. you know, see what happens.
On Oct 9, 2007, Lumbergh said:

artsy/LES guys are too intelligent for you anyway. Stick to preppy d-bags from connecticut
On Jul 4, 2008, brazilson said:

Suckas,
brazilians are not skinny, preffer going directly to making out and dancing than paying stupid drinks and in Brazil it is all about the single scene… haven´t you ever heard about carnaval? ignorants..

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On May 25, 2006, wendy said:

How about those guys that were once nerds but now successful because they have worked so hard! Like lawyers or doctors. spending years in school and finally got out and realized that there is such a bigger world out there!!

On Jun 2, 2006, sis said:

in response to “The Ex Working Girl Presents: The Guys Guide”

poor girl…. you should definitely stick to a I-bankers, who thinks (like you) that a $100 min dinner is cool. It would not be worth bringing you to the hippest hangout (even in Brooklyn).

On Jun 2, 2006, ex-working girl said:

Dear Wendy,

Guys who were once nerds (aka losers) but now are successful (valuable) are much like girls who were fat or ugly when they were in high school but after losing some weight and learning how to dress find themselves much more in demand in the current dating market. They can go one of two way (both gals and chaps). They (in their more presentable selves) become very understanding and sympathetic to the less desirables, in the worldly sense, (aka bill gates and his choice in wife) or they go the other extreme and they only want what they could not get in high school (the trophy wify for the ‘nerds’ and the ‘tall, dark and handsone’ for the wallflower girlies). From what I can gather, the drastic transformation from nerd to ‘marketable bloke’ seldom results in a normal situation. But if you can find a bill gates among them, god bless you!

Dear Sis,

Hmmm, I think if you read all of my ‘blurbs’ on this website you would know that my standards go beyond just money and status. No matter. You are entitled to your opinion. And honey, btw, the dinners I referred to in my article above were min 1k (clearly you have never been to nobu, but perhaps in about five years they will open one in brooklyn). good luck.

On Jun 28, 2006, Monica said:

How about the OLDER Guy or the Younger Guy? Got any insight on them? The other ones that you describe are pretty much on par…you are a very good writer!!!

On Jul 24, 2006, m33f said:

Just curious, seeing as this site is all about bankers… what’s your opinions of traders?

On Jan 17, 2007, d said:

So basically, Anyone that isn’t ambiguously gay (or who can afford to pull that look off well enough to pick up women), foreign (with a desirable accent), or anyone else that hasn’t spent the first 30 years of their lives slaving in a cubicle for your overpriced overrated asian fusion in Tribeca or 57th or ‘next door’… (are you paid by Myriad for slurping their balls this much? Beause giving it away is not a virtue to these Bankers you know…) is just not even worthy of a mention in a city with tens of millions of people living in a 10-mile radius? Spreading your legs really pays well in this city’s all five boroughs, not just in the penthouses surrounding Central park. Men with the ‘Passion’ to massage you internally and then go rot away in a cubicle just so you’ll spread open again the following evening sound really attractive I’m sure but It’s facinating that you consider such ‘passionate’ men a challenge. Are Rich, lonley, repressed white men who spend far too much time kissing satan’s asshole for a living (and oh they are so dedictated to their profession) really that hard to pick up? It seems that a proper thrift store dress and a lack of hymen would be enough for me (and god help you if you still have that hymen) Really though, what’s your next challenge? Trying to lay a prep school boy? (Talk about a hard thing to do!) If you really love spending-I’m sorry its not your money right?- If you really like going out (spreading open) for 25 dollars worth of sushi that should have cost $4.50 (at the most), just remember that you are what you eat: An overpriced plate of fish, left on a table by a man who will never remember your name.

On Jan 17, 2007, Ex Working Girl said:

Dear d,

I’m confused…when did I say that I have 25 dollars worth of sushi on my dates? The dinners I usually have exceed that amount by many folds. And the particular tab for the dinner I referred to in my article above was about 1k. This tab isn’t unusual when you order some great sake. You have obviously never been to nobu or places of its equivalence because if you have you wouldn’t have quoted the price you did above (unless you’re used to going there for lunch during something cheesy like restaurant week). I don’t mind you being critical of me because you are entitled to your opinion, but let’s get the facts straight.

In any case, you sound bitter and because of that I feel for you. Life is too short to spend it being bitter don’t you think? Good luck.

On the Menu for Nobu
a sushi dinner (i know such a cheesy flake on your a la carte tounge) costs 28 dollars.
So to set the facts straight its about 20 dollars too much
its a two star restaurant, at five star prices -we’ll thank your upper east side style asses for keeping it going- you’re almost as bad as the tourists that keep tavern on the green rolling in cash- and the sooner you realize its hype the sooner you can find a good reastaurant that serves good food. Try ‘The Grocery’ - in -gasp- Brooklyn. Now i know how you feel about finding reality with your everyday life (check under you’re boot) but the truth is NOBU has been reduced tourist trap. As cool as those cool people you hang out with would like to make a Japanese restaruant that’s past its prime seem like the hip spot for the power set (Because you’re hanging out there it must be great right?) the truth is its been reduced to a tourist trap. Robert DeNiro probably dosn’t even show up there any more. And I think i know why, Tourists, and your friends keep reserving tables for their underproportioned absurd plates, from menus that read like a catalog. Why don’t you just stick to lude acts at the booths of Del Frisco’s. Or better, privately rent out the Rainbow Room for months at a time. That way when you are slobbering over your dates genetailia (close to that wallet of his ain’t it?) no poor Joe from BumbleSplat has to watch as you dehumanize your gender for a bottle of sake. Good Luck!

Actually DeNiro does still frequent Nobu. I have dined next to him.

Well, it seems like you resent my lifestyle based on a lot of assumptions. I guess you’re assuming that I’m a poor, cheap, slut who is only using rich guys to get free dinners. I guess you will have to take my word for it but I am definitely not poor or cheap. And I am definitely not a slut by New York standards. I very much enjoy making out but it takes a lot for me to go all the way with a guy. Actually sometimes I wish that I was less reserved.

So why do I enjoy expensive dinners on guys? Well the guys I date know that I can easily afford to pick up the tab, but I am an old fashioned girl at heart and the guys I attract seem to be of the same school of thought that guys should generally pay on dates, open doors for ladies, etc.

So if your angst towards me is that I enjoy Nobu, then I guess I’ll have to live with that.

Although its clear that you dislike me without even knowing me, I am enjoying our banter in a sick way. So please continue to visit our website and contribute your comments. Thank you.

On Jan 27, 2007, EL said:

You sound pretty pathetic, provincial, inexperienced and naive. I bet you’re from the midwest somewhere or Florida. Also not terribly impressed by your desciptions of guy types or any of the locales you metnion here. A $1k dinner date is pretty pathetic and not something to be proud of. What a turn off. Any guy who spends that kind of cash on dates is lacking in some fashion: education, looks, most likely in the basement. Sounds pretty lame to me!

On Feb 6, 2007, d said:

OK
It’s Not NOBU (just your faux-innocent excuse to bring up that overpriced palace of mediocrity up every time you can, for real get off their junk).
And let’s just get this out of the way
I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WERE POOR!
maybe dumb
a slut
an unauthentic slave to satan’s asshole SURE
but certainly not POOR
OK EVERYONE? SHE ISN’T POOR! GET IT RIGHT!
in case the ‘column’ on the investment banking webpage wasn’t evidence enough now everyone knows.
and that’s what it’s about right?
Don’t you dare start harping on me for making assumptions on your ass when you start claiming that those that dwell on the lower east side (NOT where i reside by the way) arn’t worth dating for merely the reason that they …live on the lower east side.

FLAT OUT
you are a whore
not a prostitute (don’t get confused ok prostitutes have integrity… one gets what one pays for most of the time)
But you are worse
You have no integrity.
You believe that anything is the best merely because it says so in a magazine or some other god forsaken reason like it’s price tag.
To be a New Yorker and say that the only way to live it up is to overpay for sushi is like saying that the best part of sex is when you pee afterwards.
It’s an indulgence you ass!

Your lack of class is only magnified by your excess of equity. If you are going to pull off the women in the modern workplace of investment banking. You might want to make sure you appeal to investment bankers. I mean i know after a few highballs all the greybeards are oozing to get into your pants. But that does not make you an old fashioned girl (or maybe it does actually!) Old fashioned like before you had the right to vote maybe?

Why don’t you just stick to your plate of raw fish and your corporate cocks, and leave commenting on the real world to people who live there. Just remember at 75 when you die of exhaustion after wasting your life trying to convince yourself that happiness is in the bank, the smell that it leaves will probably bring more happines into the world than you did your whole life. At least someone has to clean up your smell. (Probably someone with a family or love in their lives instead of just money, and they will be happy to earn such money).

I agree with you though, there probably are certain meals worth a thousand dollars
but you
(now im not trying to make a general comment about you- THE PERSON I DON’T KNOW)
but you don’ t sound like you’re worth the tip to the guy who takes your jacket.

by the way
i don’t have angst towards you
it would be impossible
im sure you meant aggrivation or anger
but to have angst towards your attitude would be a suicide worthy offense.
I will never fear or dread your shallow ass.
I’m sure a thousand dollars could get you a really nice dictionary.

You should just quit and go back to pushing paper’s for satan’s minions. At least they wouldn’t know angst from their elbow. (no matter how much it costs a la carte)
LAME!

On Feb 12, 2007, Jamie said:

Best written piece. Ever.

On Mar 4, 2007, mieoux said:

Um, why is d having a fit? She/he is spewing vitriol without any substantiating facts. The ability to call someone names does not make one either smart or right.

On Mar 6, 2007, d said:

If Mieoux is complaining about a lack of facts and name calling on the internet, I will skip the obvious ‘duh’ that the comment might deserve and just say that i feel my response was sophomoric, crude, and a complete waste of time; just like the ex-working girl’s column.

On Mar 10, 2007, EL said:

d, let me just say, you’re funny!

On Apr 26, 2007, benjy said:

D is a financier’s parody of a resentful non-finance person, right? Something this good has got to be satire. I fell out of my chair laughing though.

“Why don’t you just stick to your plate of raw fish and your corporate cocks, and leave commenting on the real world to people who live there.”

“I mean i know after a few highballs all the greybeards are oozing to get into your pants. But that does not make you an old fashioned girl (or maybe it does actually!) Old fashioned like before you had the right to vote maybe?”

Gems.

On May 2, 2007, meandjoemoomoo said:

how about you and me go on a date. eat some chicken. have some sex. you know, see what happens.

On Oct 9, 2007, Lumbergh said:

artsy/LES guys are too intelligent for you anyway. Stick to preppy d-bags from connecticut

On Jul 4, 2008, brazilson said:

Suckas,
brazilians are not skinny, preffer going directly to making out and dancing than paying stupid drinks and in Brazil it is all about the single scene… haven´t you ever heard about carnaval? ignorants..